UPCOMING WORKSHOPS: Watch for Dates
BELOW ARE WORKSHOPS THAT I DO FAIRLY REGULARLY: WATCH FOR DATES
BEYOND BEGINNING, GOING LARGE:
ENCAUSTIC MASTER CLASS
MORE ABOUT ENCAUSTIC PAINTING:
Beyond THe tradition: Wax and Watercolor
Beyond Beginning: Going Large
For more experienced encaustic painters, this will be an opportunity to work at a larger scale,and
to enhance your work with a variety of new techniques. Individual instruction and criticism
will help you move your encaustic painting to a new level.
The workshop will cover all the basics, including information about how to make paint,
about the commercial paints and their applications, about supports, grounds and techniques:
paint application, fusing, glazing, inscribing and mixed media approaches.safety, materials,
demos of applying paint, glazing, fusing, How to get that smooth surface! Learn some
new techniques: Introducing mixed media, working with oil bar, pigment, creating lines
and texture and image transfer. We will emphasize how these techniques can be developed
to create a unique encaustic language for each student. We will talk (and demo) how to
create glaze layers, as well as some special techniques like inscribing and using dry pigment..
and, you will leave with a printout containing all the information you need as well
as a list of suppliers.
For people with encaustic experience or significant painting experience in other media,
it will be an opportunity to take your into a new dimension.
Many people stay at a certain level with their encaustic painting because they see working
at a larger scale, or changing their approach, as intimidating. It does present certain challenges,
but when you understand how to overcome them, it can be a richly rewarding experience.
This workshop will allow you to work up to 20" x 20". It will address all aspects of working
larger, from the planning and drawing stages, through preparation of the surface;
understanding temperature control and how it facilitates working larger, handling
color and glazing, as well as special effects, and finishing.A number of new techniques
will be presented: use of dry pigment and oil paint on incised line, mixed media approaches,
basic color and glaze theory, creating texture and working with photographic and other
media.
ENCAUSTIC MASTER CLASS
Beyond Beginning: Going Large
For more experienced encaustic painters, this will be an opportunity to work at a larger scale,and
to enhance your work with a variety of new techniques. Individual instruction and criticism
will help you move your encaustic painting to a new level.
The workshop will cover all the basics, including information about how to make paint,
about the commercial paints and their applications, about supports, grounds and techniques:
paint application, fusing, glazing, inscribing and mixed media approaches.safety, materials,
demos of applying paint, glazing, fusing, How to get that smooth surface! Learn some
new techniques: Introducing mixed media, working with oil bar, pigment, creating lines
and texture and image transfer. We will emphasize how these techniques can be developed
to create a unique encaustic language for each student. We will talk (and demo) how to
create glaze layers, as well as some special techniques like inscribing and using dry pigment..
and, you will leave with a printout containing all the information you need as well
as a list of suppliers.
For people with encaustic experience or significant painting experience in other media,
it will be an opportunity to take your into a new dimension.
Many people stay at a certain level with their encaustic painting because they see working
at a larger scale, or changing their approach, as intimidating. It does present certain challenges,
but when you understand how to overcome them, it can be a richly rewarding experience.
This workshop will allow you to work up to 20" x 20". It will address all aspects of working
larger, from the planning and drawing stages, through preparation of the surface;
understanding temperature control and how it facilitates working larger, handling
color and glazing, as well as special effects, and finishing.A number of new techniques
will be presented: use of dry pigment and oil paint on incised line, mixed media approaches,
basic color and glaze theory, creating texture and working with photographic and other
media.
Encaustic Master Class is a three day workshop with Master Encaustic Painter Ellen Koment. A special guest will be a well known consultant on career development.
This three day workshop will combine the expertise of a mature artist both with hands on demos and ample time for students to work, as well as portfolio reviews for individual participants, and advice related to professional development. We hope to share techniques and work one on one with each student either in creative coaching, a professional development session or a portfolio review. It is open to artists at all levels.
More About Encaustic Painting: Going a Little Larger
For more experienced encaustic painters, this will be an opportunity to work at a larger scale,and
to enhance your work with a variety of new techniques. Individual instruction and criticism
will help you move your encaustic painting to a new level.
The workshop will cover all the basics, including information about how to make paint,
about the commercial paints and their applications, about supports, grounds and techniques:
paint application, fusing, glazing, inscribing and mixed media approaches.safety, materials,
demos of applying paint, glazing, fusing, How to get that smooth surface! Learn some
new techniques: Introducing mixed media, working with oil bar, pigment, creating lines
and texture and image transfer. We will emphasize how these techniques can be developed
to create a unique encaustic language for each student. We will talk (and demo) how to
create glaze layers, as well as some special techniques like inscribing and using dry pigment..
and, you will leave with a printout containing all the information you need as well
as a list of suppliers.
For people with encaustic experience or significant painting experience in other media,
it will be an opportunity to take your into a new dimension.
Many people stay at a certain level with their encaustic painting because they see working
at a larger scale, or changing their approach, as intimidating. It does present certain challenges,
but when you understand how to overcome them, it can be a richly rewarding experience.
This workshop will allow you to work up to 20" x 20". It will address all aspects of working
larger, from the planning and drawing stages, through preparation of the surface;
understanding temperature control and how it facilitates working larger, handling
color and glazing, as well as special effects, and finishing.A number of new techniques
will be presented: use of dry pigment and oil paint on incised line, mixed media approaches,
basic color and glaze theory, creating texture and working with photographic and other
mixed media.
Use this beautiful luminous watercolor medium, and use encaustic wax, with a variety of additional materials to create exciting abstract paintings. Move away from the traditional watercolor or encaustic paintings into an entirely new realm.
- Use watercolor:
- With wax as a resist, creating numerous layers for exciting affects
- This is an entirely new idea. How to mix wax and watercolor, mostly on paper, to expand and explore the outer reaches of each medium. Some exciting effects can be achieved.
- With inks to enhance and intensify. Inks have an intensity that lend an additional element, and are also sometimes a saving grace
- With image transfer, and mixed media. Incorporate photographic imagery, and collage materials for unusual affects
- Create your own abstract language, starting from familiar images, and taking it into the unknown. Explore the language of form and color, and their expressive possibilities.
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